Construction and infrastructure company Morgan Sindall has recently partnered with Construction Industry Solutions (COINS) to develop and launch the COINS iPortal to its supply chain partners. The COINS iPortal is an online service which can consolidate major supply chain processes, such as pre-qualification information collection, vendor vetting and approval, performance measurement and 360º relationship assessment, and tender communications, under one system
The COINS iPortal is used by Morgan Sindall to provide its subcontractors and other supply chain partners with a free facility to access data associated with its trading relationships including order and bidding history, as well as the opportunity for Morgan Sindall and its subcontractors to feedback on each other's performance. The aim of this is to facilitate the continual improvement of both parties, with a view to ensuring they both deliver against Morgan Sindall's exacting safety, quality and programme requirements.
COINS iPortal supports both vendor self-registration and complete electronic pre-qualification questionnaires (PQQ), either standalone or in conjunction with other third party data service providers. Morgan Sindall, in this instance, uses iPortal to seamlessly integrate with its online pre-qualification data collector, Builder's Profile. "The integration between COINS iPortal and Builder's Profile was key to the project to ensure we maintained up-to-date information on our supply chain" says Martin Pitt, commercial director of Morgan Sindall.
